Hema Malini

Birth Date: 16 Oct, 1948, Age (76)

Occupation : Artist, Actress, Producer

Filmfare Awards : 2

Place of Birth : Ammankudi, Madras

Hema Malini

Born on October 16, 1948 in Ammankudi, Madras State, Dominion of India, Hema Malini is a Bollywood actress and also a Member of Parliament in India. During her career, Hema Malini received 11 nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress, winning the award in 1973. In 2000, Malini won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and also the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India. She is married to Bollywood actor Dharmendra and together they have two daughters - Esha Deol and Ahana Deol. Malini is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. Her daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol are trained Odissi dancers.

From 2003 to 2009, Malini was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper House of parliament, as a representative of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2014, Malini was elected to the Lok Sabha from Mathura. In the 2014 general elections for the Lok Sabha, Malini defeated the Mathura incumbent, Jayant Chaudhary (RLD) by 3,30,743 votes.

Civilian Award

Awarded the Padma Shri in 2000 by the Government of India

Filmfare Awards

1973 - Best Actress For Seeta Aur Geeta
1999 - Lifetime Achievement Award

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Block Buster Double Role Bollywood Films That You Need To See

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Happy Birthday Hema Malini: Bollywoodâ€™s Dream Girl

With movies like Seeta Aur Geeta, Sholay, Dream Girl, Satte Pe Satta, Khushboo, Kinara and Meera among others, Hema Malini became Bollywoodâ€™s â€œDream Girl.â€. Age is just a number for this talented beauty and we just love to see more from you Hema ji. Wishing you a very happy birthday.

'Baghban' Celebrates 15 Years Since Release

Remember a handsome Raj Malhotra, who wrote a book describing his love for his beautiful wife Pooja in BAGHBAN. The movie which struck a chord with several cine-goers and is still remembered for the message it imparted, has completed a decade in the industry.

Hema Malini : The Dream girl of Bollywood

Hema Malini defined everything that the Dream Girl tag stood for. She could dance, act, emote with equal ease. In an age when commercial film actresses rarely did anything apart from being damsels in distress and glamour dolls. She danced, climbed fans on ceilings, rode horses and even kicked bad guys.

Actors who were not successful as director

Though acting and directing share a symbiotic relationship, not every actor can perform both tasks. It is a talent to perform on screen and even bigger talent to get those personalities on the surface as a director. Here are people from Bollywood who were great actors but not very great directors.

Lata Mangeshkar Shares Her Favorite Hema Malini Song On Her Birthday

The Dream Girl of Bollywood turned 69 today and the Queen of Melody, Lata Mangeshkar, tweeted her favorite Hema Malini song on her Birthday.